2009–10 Al Ahly SC season

The 2009–10 Al Ahly SC season was the 53rd edition in the Egyptian Premier League. Al-Ahly was looking to defend their fifth title in a row.

Al-Ahly
2009–10 season
ChairmanEgypt Hassan Hamdy
ManagerEgypt Hossam El-Badry
Egyptian Premier League1st
Egypt Cup 2010Round of 16
Egyptian Super Cup 2009Runners-up
CAF Champions LeagueSemi-finals

Pre-season games

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Al-Ahly announced that the six fixtures of their 2009 pre-season would be in Germany and England.[1] On July 3, 2009, Al-Ahly played their first pre-season match in Gelsenkirchen, Germany against FC Gelsenkirchen.[2] Later that day, Al-Ahly also played their first match of the Zayton Cup against the Turkish team Galatasaray, and 3 days later they played the German Bayer 04 Leverkusen. The last match was on July 11 against the Moroccan team Wydad Casablanca.[3] After their match against Haras El Hodood in the Egyptian Super Cup, Al-Ahly's 23 players went to London to play in the Wembley Cup against Celtic and Barcelona on 24th and 26 July.

Date Opponents H / A Result
F - A
Scorers
3 July 2009 FC Gelsenkirchen A Gelsenkirchen 5 - 0[2] 3 Ahmed 'Manga' Nabil, Hany El-Agazy, Osama Hosny
5 July 2009 Galatasaray A LTU Arena 0 - 1[4] Barış Özbek (P) 33'
24 July 2009 Bayer 04 Leverkusen A LTU Arena 0 - 2[4] Burak Kaplan 3', Tranquillo Barnetta 90'
11 July 2009 Wydad Casablanca A LTU Arena 2 - 0[4] Mostafa Shebeita (P) 40', Mohamed Samir (P) 52'
24 July 2009 Celtic A Wembley 0 - 5[5] Massimo Donati 31', Scott McDonald 2 38'(P) 59', Shaun Maloney 49', Chris Killen 83'
26 July 2009 Barcelona A Wembley 1 - 4[5] Bojan Krkic 16', Hany El-Agazy 31', José Manuel Rueda 41', Jeffrén Suárez 56', Pedro 67'

Egyptian Super Cup

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As the Egyptian Premier League 2008–09 champions, Al-Ahly kicked off the 2009–10 season with the traditional match in the Egyptian Super Cup against 2009 Egypt Cup champion Haras El Hodood on July 21.

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A
Scorers
21 July 2009 Haras El Hodood N 0 - 2[6] Ahmed Hassan Mekky 5', Ahmed Abdel-Ghani 85'

Egyptian Premier League

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Al-Ahly's opening game of the Egyptian Premier League 2009–10 was on August 6 against Ghazl El-Mehalla. Al-Ahly's coach Hossam El-Badry, who took over the club following the departure of Portuguese Manuel José at the end of the previous season, employed an unusual 4-4-2 formation. Despite the bad opening of the season in the super cup defeat against Haras El Hodood Al-Ahly beat Ghazl El-Mehalla 2–0. Ahmed Hassan made the opening score after 40 minutes and Francis Doe brought the score up to two 66 minutes into his Egyptian Premier League debut.[7] The next game was a narrow 2–1 win over Ittihad El-Shorta in an unbroadcast game on 19 August. Former Ahly player Ahmed Galal scored the first goal of the game after 31 minutes, but 4 minutes later Ahly's player Ahmed Hassan scored equalizing the score. In the second-half substitute Hussein Yasser scored Al-Ahly's second goal in the 80th minute to secure Ahly's second win of the season.[8]

On 23 August, Al-Ahly played their third match of the season against Haras El Hodood in a 1–1 draw, Haras El Hodood player Ahmed Salama scored the opener 69 minutes in and Ahmed Hassan scored the equalizer nine minutes later.[9]

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A
Scorers League
position
6 August 2009 Ghazl El-Mehalla H 2 - 0[7] Ahmed Hassan 40', Francis Doe 60' 2nd
19 August 2009 Ittihad El-Shorta A 1 - 2[8] Ahmed Galal 31', Ahmed Hassan 34', Hussein Yasser 80' 2nd
23 August 2009 Haras El Hodood H 1 - 1[9] Ahmed Salama 69', Ahmed Hassan 78' 2nd
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al Ahly (C) 30 18 11 1 47 23 +24 65 2011 CAF Champions League
2 Zamalek 30 16 7 7 43 26 +17 55
3 Ismaily 30 11 15 4 34 25 +9 48 2011 CAF Confederation Cup
4 Petrojet 30 13 8 9 42 37 +5 47[a]
5 Police Union 30 12 11 7 35 24 +11 47[a]
Source: FIFA.com
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Petrojet and Police Union are ranked based on the results of the two matches played between them.

CAF Champions League

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Group stage

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Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  JS Kabylie 6 4 2 0 6 2 +4 14
  Al-Ahly 6 2 2 2 8 9 −1 8
  Ismaily 6 2 0 4 7 8 −1 6
  Heartland 6 1 2 3 5 7 −2 5
Source: [citation needed]
Heartland  1 – 1  Al-Ahly
Bello Musa Kofarmata   49' [10] Mohamed Aboutrika   75' (pen.)
Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal)

Al-Ahly  2 – 1  Ismaily
Mohamed Talaat   58'
Wael Gomaa   90+3'
Mohamed Abougrisha  80'
Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)


Al-Ahly  1 – 1  JS Kabylie
Gedo   22' Saad Tedjar   29'
Referee: Kaoma Wellington (Zambia)

Al-Ahly  2 – 1  Heartland
Ahmed Fathy   20'
Mohamed Fadl   48'
Emmanuel Nwachi   56'
Referee: Amanuel Ayob Russom (Eritrea)


Semi-finals

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Al-Ahly  2 – 1  Espérance ST
Ashour   34'
Fadl   38'
Shehab El Din   52'
Fathy   68'
Ayman Bin Amor   36'
Hechri   71'
Darragi   72'
Referee: El Raay Adel (Libya)

Espérance ST  1 – 0  Al-Ahly
Eneramo   1'
Traoui  63'
Darragi  75'
Ashour   11'
Sherif Abdel-Fadil   28'
Barakat   30'
Gomaa   34'
Ghaly   52'
Referee: Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)

Ahly 2–2 Espérance on aggregate. Espérance won on away goals rule and advances to the 2010 CAF Champions League final.

2009–2010 Squad

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As September 12, 2009. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   EGY Amir Abdelhamid
2 DF   EGY Mohamed Samir
3 MF   EGY Wael Shafik
4 DF   EGY Ateya El-Belqasy
5 DF   EGY Ahmad El-Sayed
6 DF   EGY Sherif Abdel-Fadil
7 FW   EGY Mohamed Fadl
8 MF   EGY Mohamed Barakat
9 FW   EGY Emad Moteab
10 FW   EGY Ahmed Belal (Captain)
12 MF   ANG Gilberto
14 DF   EGY Sayed Moawad
15 DF   EGY Ahmed Ali
16 FW   EGY Mohamed Talaat
17 MF   EGY Ahmed Hassan
18 FW   EGY Osama Hosny (Vice-captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF   EGY Abdullah Farouk
20 DF   EGY Mohamed Khalaf
21 GK   PLE Ramzi Saleh
22 MF   EGY Mohamed Aboutrika
23 MF   EGY Mostafa Shebeita
24 MF   EGY Ahmed Fathy
25 MF   EGY Hossam Ashour
26 DF   EGY Wael Gomaa
27 MF   EGY Moataz Eno
28 GK   EGY Ahmed Adel Abd El-Moneam
29 FW   LBR Francis Doe
30 FW   EGY Hany El-Agazy
31 MF   ALG Amir Sayoud
MF   EGY Alaa Shaaban

Transfers

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  • Players in / out
Date Pos. Name From Fee / Note
13 May 2009 DF   Mohamed Khalaf   Al-Nasr Cairo
15 May 2009 DF   Wael Shafik   Semouha
22 May 2009 DF   Ateya El-Belqasy   Olympi Undisclosed
31 May 2009 FW   Mohamed Fadl   Ismaily Free agent
23 June 2009 MF   Amir Saayoud   Al-Ahli Dubai Undisclosed
25 June 2009 MF   Alaa Shaaban   El Hammam Undisclosed
01 July 2009 FW   Emad Moteab   Al-Ittihad Loan return
14 July 2009 FW   Francis Doe   D.C. United Undisclosed
31 July 2009 DF   Sherif Abdel-Fadil   Ismaily €0.2m + Ahmad Sedik
1 January 2010 GK   Sherif Ekramy   El Gouna
Date Pos. Name To Fee / Note
25 May 2009 DF   Abdel Hamid Ahmed   El Gouna Loan return
1 June 2009 FW   Flávio Amado   Al-Shabab €2.75m
4 June 2009 DF   Emad El-Nahhas Retired
4 June 2009 DF   Shady Mohamed   Ittihad Free agent
16 June 2009 DF   Ramy Adel   El Gouna Undisclosed
16 June 2009 FW   Ahmed Hassan Farag   El-Shorta €0.25m
24 June 2009 MF   Hassan Mostafa   Zamalek Free agent
25 June 2009 MF   Hussein Ali   El Gouna €0.25m
31 July 2009 MF   Ahmad Sedik   Ismaily In Sherif Abdel-Fadil deal
27 January 2010 MF   Hussein Yasser   Zamalek Free agent

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FilGoal | News |Ahli arrive in Germany for pre-season camp". Archived from the original on 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
  2. ^ a b "FilGoal | News |Video: Ahli thrash Gelsenkirchen as youngster hits treble". Archived from the original on 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
  3. ^ "Zayton Cup". Goalzz.com. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b c "Zayton-Cup 2009 Germany". Goalzz.com. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  5. ^ a b "The Wembley Cup 2009". Goalzz.com. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  6. ^ "FilGoal.com | Match Info". Archived from the original on 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
  7. ^ a b "FilGoal | News |Ahli kick off campaign in style". Archived from the original on 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
  8. ^ a b "FilGoal | News |Toothless Ahli seek Police revenge". Archived from the original on 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
  9. ^ a b "FilGoal | News |Ahli stumble against Hodoud". Archived from the original on 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
  10. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.cafonline.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)